09 March 2025

Centurion vs Patton

I was reading about the match up that Pakistan and India had between the M48 and Centurion.

It was noted that the 20-pounder could, in fact, penetrate the armor of an M48.

The Shot Mk.1 APCBC round does 6dx16(2) pi++ and that will penetrate DR 672.

The glacis of an M48 is DR 606.  The front of the turret at the thickest place is DR 716.

So a 20-pounder will punch the glacis on average, but not the turret from the front.

Side protection of the turret is just DR 314, so...

This GURPS!

Of course, it's no coincidence since I used real world numbers to get both the penetration of the round and the armor values.

Posted by Angus McThag at 01:45
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2 comments:

  1. Beans09 March, 2025 14:27

    Will the 90mm of the M48 penetrate the Centurion?

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    1. Angus McThag09 March, 2025 15:01

      90mm M332 APHC does 6dx21(2) pi++ and penetrates DR 882, that punches both the DR 665 of the glacis and DR 420 of the turret front.

      However, the Pakistanis might have been using M82 AP which does 6dx12(2) pi++ and only punches DR 504. That will do the turret.

      I am not sure if either side was slinging HESH, which works for both sides.

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